entreat
verb (used with object)
to ask (a person) earnestly; beseech; implore; beg.
had entreated
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past perfectof entreat.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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When asked if the company had entreated merchants to help it lobby against the legislation, Amazon said its email spoke for itself.
From Reuters ● Aug. 18, 2021
In the past, milk marketers had entreated women as mothers to buy milk to ensure children’s health and safety, but dealers seeking skim milk buyers courted women as an adult market.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2014
When he returned, meeting Johanna in the corridor, he told her that the rough fellow had wept bitterly when told of the death of his child, and had entreated that he might see Christine.
From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Claire Von Gl?mer
She did now what Daniel O'Connell had entreated her to do years before.
From Harriet Martineau by Florence Fenwick Miller
But Amy's spirit was too buoyant in its nature to remain long depressed by such forebodings; there was a brighter side to the picture, and Miss Morton had entreated her to think of it.
From Amy Herbert by Elizabeth Sewell
